The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-10
TRI-W EEkl.Y EDITION

fnll dressp She seoms quite Impressed
by the grand company in which she
finds herself"
'"That IS the groom'a mother, old
Nine. Florent. Doesn't the worthy
woman seem happyI Anyhow, there
she Is, for the first time in her life, rid
Ing In q carriage"
''The groom Is not rich man,
then?n
"Whop Jacques Florent? Why, he
hasn'ta cent to his name"
"And his wlfeY'
"Mlle. Celeste Bondurand has q
dowry of 800 900 francs. without men.
tlonlng future expectations.
"Phewl Monsieur Jacques Florent
has fallon into u we'll lined nest"
Father Philip smiled approvlngly.
AS his eye fell upon the occupants OF
two Of the carriages in the cortege, he
suddenly exclaimed:
"There they arel there they are!"
They were invited, too. it seems.
"That is q capital joke,'' he added,
laughing until the tears rolled down
his fat cheeks. "'Tls really good
jokel * DO you see themP"
"Do see whomp don't sec any
thing to laugh at.
"There, in the sixth carriage, that
tall light haired man, at the side of
that young girl In pink dress with a
white hat, is Monsieur dc Vauvillaln,
the chief paliff. And in the other
vehicle that small, Fat man, with the
lady In green, Is Monsieur Chapuis, the
wealthy land owner. There is no doubt
OF 1t. they arc both invited to the
weddingl'
why, of course they are, Father
Thilip, or you would not see them in
carriages following the bride. But,
tell me, why do you find it 80 funny
that those gentlemen should be In
vited to Mile. Bondurand's weddingpn
"'Tls truel always forget that
you have Just arrived and have, as yet,
heard nothing Of 1t. If you only knew
= T%* Ahl no, let me laugh.'
''There is an amusing story con-
nected with the marriage then2"
Amusing If you wish--that is, to
those who are acquainted with the
parties.s"
"All the same, tell 1t to- ne, Father
Philip, I long to hear it.n
Being = we'll Informed, Ioquacious
inn keeper, Father Philip did not re-.
quire much persuasion. The wedding
train and tho crowd had disappeared
We we're alone on the veranda, where
travellers generally slipped their coffee.
ordered two glasses or Madeira, and
after tasting this the old fellow com.
menced as follows:
II must begin by telling you that
Jacques Florent, whom you have just
noticed, and who has married so well,
WAS born IN this neighborhood.
We used to sea him, when quite
small, going to the parochlal
school, his sachel on his back,
and his hands in his pockets. He was
" civil. we'll bred youngster. When he
met one he would politely doff his cap.
and when school was dismissed lie
would never loaf about the streets in
stead Of going home. Ills mother, who
manages asmall farm near by, would
take linn to school in the morning
wien she came to town to sell the milk
of her cows. and then would call for
him in tho evening on her way homo.
She was Il widow, and worked hard to
bring her son up properly.
On his side, little Jacques worked
hard also. One year he won 30 many
prizes that he could not carry them all.
Then his neither determined to send
him to college. She found no sacrifice
to great in order to obtain the means
Of paying for his board and lodging.
She would arse an hour earlier in the
morning and so to bed later at night,
while all day long sho would toll like a
slave. Poor Mother Florentl How
sho did move about in those daysI
Luckily it was not long before the
youngster was able to provide for him
self. lie first won scholarship here,
another at College, still another in
Paris at the Ecole Csntrale, where he
stood at the head Of hls classes.
He must be phDnix, then!n
81 don't know about his being a
pE@nix, but one thing certain is, that,
like his mother, he is a hard worker.
and by working hard one always gets
on.''
"I agree with you there"
swell, to cut the story short, he suc~
ceeded. In Paris, during three years.
he faithfully attended to his studies,
while he gayo lessons here and there,
and by this means made money enough
to meet his smaller expenses. at last
he passed Ills final examination sue
cessfully, and, with his diploma in his
pocket, ho returned home. Ills good
reputation had preceded him, and on
his arrival M. Bondurand offered him
/. situation In his WOODEN lnills.n
"Ahl yes. Now understand about
tho marriage. But how about those
two that you were laughing about al
while ago? Where do NJ. de Vauvll-
lain, the Dailiff, and NJ. Chapuis, tho